Over a disputed debt.
Coleman along with Tom
Smith got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to

Lewis Edwards

Wayne County

Georgia

October 14

1888

For murder

Bill Johnson

Pulaski County

Georgia

October 13

1888

For alleged rape

Sam Long

Colquitt County

Georgia

September 5

1888

For rape

Henry Pope

Chattooga County

Georgia

May 1

1888

For rape

Tom Ruffin

Dade County

Georgia

March 8

1888

For attempted rape

Tom Smith

Wilkes County

Georgia

December 1

1888

Over a disputed debt.
Smith along with John
Coleman got caught in a
power struggle between
two white men over who
owned the sharecroppers'
cotton. One of the white
men provided the men with
guns to defend themselves
from a white mob who had
attempted to